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Surveys in the area of the Erdene Zuu gate excavation \u00a9 H.Wittersheim \/ DAI<\/span><\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n
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Karakorum<\/h1>\n

2020 marked the 800th anniversary of the founding of the city of Karakorum by Genghis Khan as the capital of the Mongol Empire. To this day, this is one of the most important events in the history of the Mongolian state and Karakorum, as the first capital of the Mongolian empire, remains one of the most important cities in the world.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Panoramic View of Karakorum<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Erdene Zuu<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00a0Great Hall<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Northern district<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Northern gate<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Eastern gate<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Central crossroads<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Western gate<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Large kilns<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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To Karabalgasun<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The northern gate of the city's enclosure. Outside the gate was another district, where a muslim cemetery was discovered during excavations.<\/p>\n

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The eastern gate of the city's enclosure. Outside the gate are the remains of a little suburb.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In the city's center, the two main roads formed a crossroads. The area has been studied by the University of Bonn and the Mongolian Academy of Sciences. The excavtions yielded remains of buildings and workshops, indicating that the chinese craftsmen's quarter was located here.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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From the western gate, the road led to the banks of the orchon river.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Great Hall<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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City center<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Kilns<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Erdene Zuu<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Three Zuu temples<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Labrang temple<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Palace yurt<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Kharkhorum-Museum<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Walls and gates of Erdene Zuu<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Great Hall<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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City center<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Erdene Zuu-Museum<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In the Kharakhorum-Museum, the history and archaeology of Karakorum and the Orchon valley is presented and explained.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Erdene Zuu-Museum presents the history of the Erdene Zuu monastery and its religious art and treasures.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div> <\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Most Important Center of the Old World<\/h2>\n
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The importance of the site extends far beyond the borders of Mongolia. Genghis Khan and his successors subjugated an enormous number of states, peoples and rulers over the course of the 13th century and formed the largest contiguous territory in human history. Karakorum thus became one of the most important centres of the ancient world for several decades. Envoys and princes from the subjugated and neighbouring territories of the Mongol Empire gathered here to pay their respects to the Great Khan, pay tribute and receive rewards. Craftsmen, scholars, officials, soldiers and merchants came to the city to work for the court or to seek their fortune in the entourage of the powerful rulers. And so people from all corners of the world, from Russia to China, from France to Korea, gathered in the city.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n\n\n

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Erdene Zuu Monastery<\/h2>\n

Karakorum became a place where religions and world views met and knowledge and goods were exchanged. The city of Karakorum is a place with an eventful history. In the first half of the 13th century, it was the capital of the emerging Mongol Empire and became a place where world history took place. It was later destroyed and re-emerged as the spiritual centre of Mongolia with the Erdene Zuu monastery.<\/p>\n \n <\/div>\n